Legal Opinion
Del Duca v. Town Administrator of Methuen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 4, 1975PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
These are appeals by the defendants in two cases, consolidated for trial, from orders of a Superior Court judge that writs of mandamus 2 issue reinstating the plaintiffs as members of the planning board of the town of Methuen. The judge filed a document entitled “Findings, Rulings and Order” in which he said that “ [t]he cases, in effect, were submitted to me for decision as a case stated. G. L. c. 231, § 126.” 3 The facts are not in dispute.
On March 16, 1938, Methuen, having a population in excess of 10,000, adopted a by-law establishing a planning board under G. L. c. 41, § 81A. 4 This plan…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Goldstein v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Bloom v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Beaton v. Land CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Moe v. Secretary of Administration & FinanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Grace v. Town of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Town of Arlington v. Board of Conciliation & ArbitrationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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